AVIVO HD and Purevideo HD

[nod218]

I am slightly confused as to the hardware decoding provided by the video cards with these features. Say I download an apple 1080p trailer that is encoded in H264, will these chip help decode the the video or does it only help decode video from a hddvd /bluray source.

 

[tuteja1986]

Well your support has to support the chip :!

They will decode both , just need to use a software that will take the advantage of the hardware.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Basically if the software used for playback doesn't look for and use the built in acceleration found in the newer cards, it won't matter.

 

[Auric]

Avivo HD and PureVideo HD encompass both the hardware and software elements. So, as said, third-party software from the likes of CyberLink or Ahead is also required. Given that, all standard sources can be decoded with hardware acceleration: BD, HD DVD, DVB, QT trailers, &c. Explicitly, x264 sources cannot.